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Great advice 👍 thanks for taking the time to release your knowledge

Так хорошо начал-показывал всегда процесс и результат, а теперь одни лекции

Great advice thx

Thanks for being honest, you got a big heart brother. I wish I had an ounce of your talent

I like the way you think. Good video i needed that.

Mechanical process vs the reasoning. Thank you!

I love taking on big dents!

Right from the start, even while I was in training, I took on everything, crazy stuff, because I knew I'd learn, and if I couldn't fix it, it would go to the bodyshop anyway...But my god, in the early days, most times the battle was not with the dent, it was with me and in my head!!

It would go something like this...

1st 30mins - yeah, I can do this, push, push, tap, tap...
2nd 30mins - hmmm, maybe I should have said no to this one... push, push, tap, tap...
3rd 30mins - oh my god, I'm fucking destroying this panel!! Push, push, tap, tap...
4th 30mins - please, if I can just get it to look half decent, I'll never take on a dent like this again! Push, push, tap, tap...
5th 30mins - oh it's actually coming out ok, phew!!! Push, push, tap, tap...
6th 30mins - wow, that came out perfect, well done to me!!

Feelings of relief and a pat on the back haha, it was a mental battle big time...Now I'm fine, I know the dent will come out once I keep at it..

Great videos, keep up the good work

Absolutely love it!

Thanks Jim !! This video taught more than PDR tutorial videos

Thanks for the video Jim, it’s really great information,I can (and do) listen to you for hours.I’m really glad I stumbled upon your videos, I hope to sign up to your courses real soon.

awesome video. makes much sense even if you fail if you keep going and learning from your mistakes, your evolving into a better tech, needed this video today as i felt iv hit a brick wall lol.

Hey Jim. Try heating a streched panel up with your heat guy to around 160 and rapid cool with a wet rag. Sometimes it's just enough to tighten it up.

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts Jim and help others see the larger game.

Just what i needed at the right time. Thanks for taking the time to post this kind of stuff. Ace jim 👍🏽

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You are a Dent Master buddy ...

Love this video. Thanks for the advice and inspiration.

You have to think outside the box !!!

GREATLY SAID!! Live and learn and when you think you know it all you are dead wrong! There is always something more to learn, it never ends and it never will! Thanks for the vid makes perfect sense!!

Thanks for sharing your wisdom

Hey Jim, this might be the best video yet I've watched. Thanks again brother. Keep up the good work. Quick question, who originally trained you when you first go into PDR 15 years ago?

Great video with great info
Im with you never think your the best lol you could get better and better

Damn, this is deep. You can apply this knowledge to every aspect of your life. Thanks from Spain.

The art is everything to me. My back ground is automotive repair, and then auto welding and fabrication. I started trying to learn pdr because an owl hit my hood. I had never heard of pdr, but i welded a wrench handle onto a rod, and started trying to push that dent out. I did better than i thought i would, and someone told me about pdr. It got a hold of me, and i've been hooked on it ever since. I don't care about money. To me, it is about the art. I want to push dents, and i can't put it down.

No part of your life is a waste. You are here now, helping others.

good  speech

Hi Jim, I don't even know you but I do really like you. I mean the way that you give from yourself and give from your soul! It`s not really an easy thing to find people that have the ability to share a knowlege, but to trully teach. I'm way far from you and yet still I can understand most if not all of your videos and that`s just because english is not my first launguage. Really thanks thanks and thak you so much for that and I hope to have the chance to keep learning more from you!

Well said.. thank you.

Your just in to deep with this! I away’s say I’m only as good as my last job.

What are you going to Learn, if you don't do it.......................

Hi, thanks for the great videos and information, I have a question how do you fix the oil canning/panning on a repaired PDR on quater panel on 2017 Rav4?

Excellent talk Jim, one of your BEST! Thanks!

Super video thanks for sharing your knowledge and thoughts

You were right the first time buddy ! You cannot have a clean looking dent without learning to knock down , if you haven't knocked down crowns on a tight sharp dent first as you know you'll over push too hard and fight the dent ....
so if as you say you'd like to be "a pretty average tech" doing pretty average dents then yeah you won't need to learn to tap down maybe you should just tap out ?? LOL

Jim, started watching your videos about 2 months ago and between this one and the other one talking about being the “average” tech is so spot on! That was me for at least 15 years of my career. I’ve been in this industry for 21 years now and was just that “average” tech who was too scared to push myself and too stubborn and dumb to continually learn my craft. I’m living proof to what you’re saying is TRUTH! Great videos man and keep up the excellent work. I have to believe you inspire many. At some point I’m going to set up some time to get down by you to learn some different techniques.

Thanks man,you are awesome!

Right on

Man if i was in the US, id come to you for training. Top guy speaking sense. Btw you piss me off making it look so easy lol. Love your work man.

Thanks for the rambling. It made so much sense. Im just starting watching and mentally learning getting ready to buy my first few tools. Coming in to learn